Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [dreyn]
- /dreɪn/
- /dreɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dreyn]
- /dreɪn/
Definitions of drain word
- verb with object drain to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase. 1
- verb with object drain to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid: to drain a crankcase. 1
- verb with object drain to exhaust the resources of: to drain the treasury. 1
- verb with object drain to deprive of strength; tire. 1
- verb without object drain to flow off gradually. 1
- verb without object drain to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture: This land drains into the Mississippi. 1
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Origin of drain
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English dreynen, Old English drēhnian, drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Drain
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
drain popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
drain usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for drain
noun drain
- pipe — a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
- duct — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- sewer — a former household officer or head servant in charge of the service of the table.
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- culvert — A culvert is a water pipe or sewer that crosses under a road or railway.
verb drain
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- siphon — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
Antonyms for drain
verb drain
- invigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
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